124 reviews for:

Little Threats

Emily Schultz

3.29 AVERAGE

dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Love the storyline, a little choppy in the telling.
mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

At least these characters had some redeeming qualities (unlike several other similar books i read recently)
dark mysterious slow-paced
dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I listened to the audiobook version and found the writing to be incredibly choppy and not distinct. There were a lot of moments in the book where I had to continue to question who was speaking and work out where we were in the storyline. I don’t think the writing was done well at all.

The story overall dragged on and could have been written much more succinctly. Also the ending was super creepy.

ugh. UGH.
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erinbrings's review

3.0
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Little Threats by Emily Schultz 

This book just wasn’t it for me. I was bored and kept wanting to check out and DNF but I finished it. I enjoyed the nostalgia of early 90’s trends, the Doc Martens, grunge music, floral peasant dresses, Kurt Cobain. That’s about all I liked of this book unfortunately because it had high reviews. 
mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated

A slow-moving murder mystery that I nevertheless finished in a day.

It functions as both a murder mystery, set in 2008, and a love letter to the 90s, set in 1993. The 90s bit hit all the right nostalgia buttons for me. And while this isn't really the psychological thriller I thought it would be, it's an interesting character study on the various ways people are affected by the fallout of a shocking crime.
challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes